10 Sept 2009

Pet Peeve #43.7

Emails with just a link to somewhere on the web. Do you get those? I don't mean spam, I mean an email from a friend, with something non-descriptive in the subject line and the body of the email containing just a URL.

Why do people think I'm likely to click on a link if they haven't bothered to tell me anything about it? Is it something they have found useful? interesting? annoying? amusing? something they are pleased about? something that made them angry? is it something they're sending to the whole world, or did they particularly think I might find it of interest?

Sorry. If you want me to click on a link, tell me why I should.